The results of the U.S. election this month have got me thinking about protectionism. Webster’s Dictionary defines protectionism as: “the theory or practice of shielding a country’s domestic ...
US Delegation, including US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (2nd R) and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (R) talks with the Chinese Delegation including Vice Premier Liu He (2nd L) during ...
Reprinted with Permission from The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World, by Samuel Gregg, published by Encounter Books. @ 2022 by ...
The No. 1 issue on voter's minds in this election year is immigration. That may come as a surprise to some, but it makes a lot of sense if one believes that we have entered a period of populism. Sixty ...
Our nation faces rising unemployment, staggering debts, shrinking trade, and no sense of when (and if) a real recovery — one that reaches Main Street and working families — will take hold. As the ...
Free trade agreements have become the talk of the town, thanks to India announcing two of the biggest such deals with the European Union and the United States. While the finer details of these ...
President Trump is reimaging U.S. foreign and international economic policies, and Americans won’t be richer. After World War II, the United States fostered security alliances — NATO and regional ...
Many conservatives have embraced a big government philosophy that rejects free trade and supports various types of protectionism. Yet, on claim after claim, protectionist arguments fall short. The ...
When Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs during his first term as US president, it sparked a trade war with China. As the Trump administration ratchets up its threat to tax imports from its allies ...